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Amazon.com (AMZN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$259.30 -0.91 (-0.35%)
Closing price 11/6/2026 04:00 PM Eastern
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$259.82 +0.52 (+0.20%)
As of 11/6/2026 08:00 PM Eastern
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About Amazon.com Stock (NASDAQ:AMZN)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$258.53
▼
$264.18
50-Day Range
$240.35
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$266.43
52-Week Range
$196.00
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$287.20
Volume
42.47 million shs
Average Volume
42.64 million shs
Market Capitalization
$2.80 trillion
P/E Ratio
20.96
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$321.74
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Amazon.com, Inc. is a technology and e-commerce company founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as an online bookstore. It has since grown into a global business serving consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises and content creators.

Amazon operates online stores and marketplaces, where it sells products directly and enables third-party sellers to reach customers. Its other businesses include Amazon Web Services, which provides cloud computing and related services; digital advertising; Prime memberships; and entertainment offerings such as streaming video and music. The company also develops consumer devices and operates grocery and physical retail businesses.

Amazon serves customers and businesses across numerous countries and regions. Andy Jassy is the company’s president and chief executive officer, and founder Jeff Bezos serves as executive chair.

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Amazon.com Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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98th Percentile Overall Score

AMZN MarketRank™: 
4.881484491395 of 5 stars

Amazon.com scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 14th out of 473 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Amazon.com has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.98, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 55 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Upside Potential

    Amazon.com has a consensus price target of $321.74, representing about 24.1% upside from its current price of $259.30.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Amazon.com has been the subject of 29 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Amazon.com's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Amazon.com are expected to grow by 37.95% in the coming year, from $7.80 to $10.76 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Amazon.com is 20.96, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.48.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Amazon.com is 20.96, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 26.40.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Amazon.com has a PEG Ratio of 1.86. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Amazon.com has a P/B Ratio of 4.57. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.95% of the float of Amazon.com has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Amazon.com has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.81, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Amazon.com has recently increased by 8.08%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Amazon.com does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Amazon.com does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Amazon.com will have a dividend payout ratio of 1.86% next year. This indicates that Amazon.com will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • News Sentiment

    Amazon.com has a news sentiment score of 0.61. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.42 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 300 news articles for Amazon.com this week, compared to 14 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    2511 people have searched for AMZN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 7% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    369 people have added Amazon.com to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 86% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Amazon.com insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $18,545,595.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    8.90% of the stock of Amazon.com is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    72.20% of the stock of Amazon.com is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Amazon.com's insider trading history.
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AMZN Stock News Headlines

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AMZN Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Amazon.com's stock was trading at $230.82 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AMZN stock has increased by 12.3% and is now trading at $259.30.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 29th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.97 by $0.08. Amazon.com's revenue was up 12.1% on a year-over-year basis.
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Shares of Amazon.com split on Monday, June 6th 2022.The 20-1 split was announced on Wednesday, March 9th 2022. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, June 3rd 2022. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 2,000 shares after the split.

The following companies are subsidiaries of Amazon.com: GlowRoad, Veeqo, Umbra3D, Prione, MGM Studios, Perpule, Selz, and others.

Top institutional investors of Amazon.com include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.33%), Sanders Capital LLC (0.27%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. (0.23%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.12%). Insiders that own company stock include Jeffrey P Bezos, Jeffrey P Bezos, Andrew R Jassy, Douglas J Herrington, Adam Selipsky, Shelley Reynolds, Brian T Olsavsky, Jonathan Rubinstein, David Zapolsky, Daniel P Huttenlocher, Matthew S Garman and Keith Brian Alexander.
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Shares of AMZN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Amazon.com investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), Netflix (NFLX) and Alphabet (GOOG).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
10/29/2026
Today
11/07/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
Broadline Retail
Sub-Industry
Broadline Retail
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:AMZN
CIK
1018724
Employees
1,576,000
Year Founded
1994

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$400.00
Low Price Target
$218.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+24.1%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.98
Research Coverage
60 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$12.37
Trailing P/E Ratio
20.96
Forward P/E Ratio
24.10
P/E Growth
1.86
Net Income
$77.67 billion
Net Margins
16.90%
Pretax Margin
21.84%
Return on Equity
15.72%
Return on Assets
7.79%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.28
Current Ratio
0.99
Quick Ratio
0.82

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$716.92 billion
Price / Sales
3.91
Cash Flow
$14.10 per share
Price / Cash Flow
18.39
Book Value
$56.75 per share
Price / Book
4.57

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
10,813,140,000
Free Float
9,850,769,000
Market Cap
$2.80 trillion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.49

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This page (NASDAQ:AMZN) was last updated on 11/6/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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